Rail-end angle-bar.



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UNITED sTATgs PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. ELLIS, OF OKLAHOMA(l RAIL-END ANGLE-BAR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM (l. ELLIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at llobart, in the county of Kiowa and State of Oklahoma, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail- End Angle- Bars,of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object an improved construction of rail endangle bar or fastening device designed particularly for the abuttingends or joints of railway rails, and the invention consists in certainconstructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that l shall.hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding ol the invention and the merits thereof,reference is to be had to the following description and to theaccompanying drawing, in which latter:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a rail fastener constructed in accordancewith the principles of my invention; Fig. 2 is a trailsverse sectionalview thereof on the line l1-r of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail innerperspective view of one angle bar, a ortion of one tongue being brokenaway; am Fig. 4 is an outside perspective view of one of the angle bars.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

In carrying out my invention, l provide a air of my improved angle barsfor each Ajoint of the rails, said bars being designed to e applied tothe opposite sides of the rails and securely clamped together by meansVhereinafter described so as to tightly hold the rails, and each of saidangle bars is preferably an integral structure of cast or forged steel,or similar metal, the two bars of each pair being preferably formed inrights and lefts, for reasons that will hereinafter be made obvious.

Each angle bar com risesl a preferably solid web engaging mem er 1designed to fit against the web of the rails and preferably providedwith beveled upper and lower faces 2 so that as the web engaging membersare compressed against the side of the rails, they will enter with awedge-like action between the head and base flange thereof. Each anglebar also embodies a base flange engaging member 3 which extends out fromthe web engaging member l and over and upon the upper surface of thebase flange ofthe rail Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 20, 1908.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Serao. 433,970.

and thence extends downwardly over the outeriedgezof said flange andinwardly underneath Lthe rail, as clearly illustrated in the drawing;Y'f

In order to securely clamp these two angle barstogether and to hold themcompressed tightlyagainst o posite sides of the rail ends and in orderto a so secure a very tight joint and a relatively broad bearing surfacefor the com ressing members, I form each angle bar in tie presentinstance with a pair of s aced jaws 4 that project outwardly andownwardly from the outer face of the web engaging member 1, and thenceinwardly underneath the rails, to meet corres ending jaws VV,of theopposite angle bar. Phe eX- tremities of one pair of jaws are formedwith grooves as indicated at 5, while the extremities of the oppositeaws are formed with tongues 6 to enter said grooves. Each jaw is alsoformed with a slot 7 and each angle bar is provided with a pair of saced and inwardly extending tongues 8 tiat referably project insubstantial slinementwit the ijaws 4 and that project out from the edgeo the base flange engaging member 3, the tongues of one angle bar beingdesigned to project through the slots 7 that are formed in the jaws ofthe opposite bar. Each tongue 8 is formed with an opening 9 and theparts are so proportioned and arranged that when the inner extremitiesof the jaws 4 meet and abut against each other underneath the rails, thetongues 8 will project far enough through the slots 7 to admit of thepartial insertion of wedges 10. n" t ffpractioal ap lication of myimproved angle bars, vit wi l be understood that two of them areapplied, a rivht and a left, at the abutting ends of the rai s, with theweb engaging members 1 fitting against the webs of the rails, and themembers 3 enga ing the flanges and eXtendinJr underneath t e rails. Theparts are move( toward each other in this relation until the inner endsof the jaws 4 abut underneath the rails, whereupon it will be understoodthat the ends of the tongues 8 will project through the slots 7 far enouh to expose a ortion of the openings 9. T e locking we ges 1() are thendriven firmly into the openings 9, by a spike driving Inaul, or othertool, until the desired compression is obtained, it being understoodthat the jaws 4 are sufficiently yielding to ermit the inwardcompression of the mem ers 1 against the sides of the rails. After thedemateriau? LVW wlw. I

sired compression has been effected, the with slots, and a pair ofinwardly extending wedges 10 are securely locked in position by means ofheaded keys 12 that are driven through any one of a series of openings11 5 formed in the wedges and are then bent or otherwise clenched in thewedges to prevent the accidental loosening or displacement thereof.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be seen that I have provided a very simple7 strong andlight construction of rail end anvle bar that may be easily applied tothe en s of railway rails and quickly secured in position to effect aforcible im ression against the sides of the rails to hold t em securelyin place alinement with each other.

Having'thus described the invention., what is claimed as new is:

1. A rail fastener comprisin a pair of angle bars, each angle bar emboyin j a web, I

a wedge engaging member, a pair o s aced jaws projecting first outwardlyand t ence inwardly and designed to extend underneath the rails, theextremities of one pair of jaws being designed for abutting engagementwith the corresponding extremities of the opposite jaws, said jaws beingformed j spaced tongues formed on cach angle bar and designed. to extendunder thc rails and to project through the slots in the opposite jaws,and means for holding said tongues in said slots.

A rail fastener comprisiwr a pair of angle bars, each of which embodiesa wedge engaging member, a base flange engaging member, a pair ol'spaced 'aws exten ing outwardly and thence inwardly, the extremities ofsaid jaws being adapted to project underneath the rails and designed toabut against the corresponding extremities of the jaws on the oppositeangle bar, each of said jaws being provided with a slot, and a pair ofspaced tongues projecting inwardly from the inner edge of each baseflange engaging member and designed to project throu l1 the slots in theopposite jaws, and means or holding said tongues in said slots.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY N. ELLls, C. C. HoToHKiss.

